Thx guys. Will just need to keep an eye on the temp gauge.

Back to the ammeter. I took her out last night, and noticed that when I turned on the lights, the ammeter ticks up on the positive side now. Not much, probably 5-10.

Again, is this normal when lights are on?

ok. Thanks. That makes sense. It must be raised up a bit in the tank, as when i fill it, it does not come out, nut it looks like it does when I am driving, or when it gets hot.

Thx Tx. So it sounds like it is normal.

I just saw something that I have not seen or at least recognized before. What’s this tube for coming out of the radiator? Is it for air flow? It just goes down to the bottom but to nothing so I assume it is to get air to help circulation?

It then had me questioning how much coolant I should be putting in as the tube is on the bottom of the overflow tank. I do see some coolant on the frame below where the tube ends. Not sure if that is one of the sources of my “leak”?

Thanks guys!! That did the trick. Settles nicely on 0 now.

Another item I am looking at now is the temperature. The gauge works. Is spot on the temp of the engine. When she warms up and running, it settles at 180 degrees. The problem I run into is when it is warm, and then I sit in place and idle for a bit, the temperature jumps. Probably to 190 or 200. it doesn't peg at the 212. It would probably peg to 212, if i just left it sitting idle. When I get going again, it settles to 180......eventually.

Is this "normal"? or is this a symptom of something else? I replaced the water pump, fan is in good working order. I do have that pesky leak, that i have not pin pointed yet, but it is a drip and nothing major. I am certain the level is full each time i take her out so it is not a lack of coolant.

Thoughts appreciated.
Ben

And then swap them back? Or ok to leave them that way?

Thanks. Is there a corrective action to take to correct polarity?

Thanks HPH
So what does that mean? I need a new battery? Volts Amps and Ohms are for sure not my thing!

Thanks

ok. So I think I did this correct with the settings on the reader. It settled between 7 and 8 volts as the engine was running. The battery is fully charged.

Assuming I did the reading correctly, what else can i check for the neg (-) reading on the Ammeter?

Thoughts appreciated!

Thanks Kev
So rookie question. Where am I checking the voltage? On the ammeter?

Thanks Kev.

So I took her out for a drive today. Ran well. I noticed though that the ammeter looks a bit different. I think I recall it always hanging at 0 previously. But now it is on the negative side.

First Pic is when I turn the key




Then when it is at a nice idle after start it moves toward 0 but still negative.





And then when I am moving around 30 it’s about the same as idle




Is this ok? Or should it be more around the 0?

Thoughts appreciated!